Chapter 9%
How pathetic I was to actually believe that a brother I hadn’t seen in over a decade would take my side.!!
In the end, it was nothing more than my own wishful thinking.
But what I never expected was that a visit to the hospital to see Grace would reveal a truth more shocking than anything before.
I had always thought Samuel favored Grace because, to him, shared memories meant more than blood ties.}]
But to my shock, I found out that Samuel and I were only half–siblings. He was the son of my father and his ex–wife.”
And Grace, who shared the same mother with him but had a different father, was his real sister.
Even more terrifying was the truth behind the baby switch. It hadn’t been a mistake.”
It had been planned. By Samuel himself.”
He believed my mother had destroyed his parents‘ marriage. And so, he took revenge.
He couldn’t bear to see his own sister live in poverty, so he swapped her in for me and left me by the roadside.
Who would have thought I was tough enough to survive? Not only was I found by a childless rural couple, but I was also reunited with my birth parents in my final year of high school.
Unwilling to accept that, Samuel turned a blind eye to my previous life when Grace framed me, even helping her send me to my death.
The moment I uncovered the truth, the rage that had been buried deep in my chest finally found release.”
So it wasn’t that my family had hated me; the real problem had always been Samuel.}
Once I understood that, I didn’t hesitate. I picked up the phone and made an overseas call to my father. I told him everything.“)
In my past life, after being framed by Grace again and again, I had considered telling my biological parents. I had hoped they might step forward to defend me.
But because I had just been found and they were always busy working abroad, I hadn’t wanted to bother them.
I made one brief call, only to share the good. I hid the bad.
Not long after, Samuel sent me to a mountain village to teach. There, I was assaulted by a group of old bachelors and died in disgrace.}
That phone call… turned out to be the last chance.}
This time, when my father heard that I had been schemed against by Samuel and Grace, he flew into a rage, postponed all his meetings and caught the next flight home that very night.”
The moment he stepped through the door, before Samuel or Grace could even play the pity card, he pulled out a belt and struck Samuel hard, threatening to invoke the family rules.
Grace cried as she shielded Samuel, begging their father to show mercy.”
But Samuel held his head high, eyes full of defiance.
“Grace, we didn’t do anything wrong. Don’t beg him!”
“It was his fault in the first place. He betrayed our mother and let the mistress take over. He’s the one who wronged us!“}
Furious at the ungratefulness, my father pulled out an old, yellowed paternity test report and slammed it down in front of Samuel.
“If you keep spouting nonsense, I’ll rip your mouth apart!“>
“See for yourself who the real mistress is!“}
Samuel, who had been standing tall and unshaken, froze as he looked at the report.
“This… this can’t be… how is this possible…”
It turned out Samuel wasn’t my father’s son at all.
Years ago, his mother had gotten pregnant out of wedlock and forced my father into marriage.
It wasn’t until after the wedding, during a routine checkup, that my father discovered Samuel wasn’t his child.
To protect her dignity, he publicly claimed they had divorced due to personality differences.
But his ex–wife, seeing her own son as a burden, abandoned him, leaving him with my father.
And my mother, young and unmarried at the time, ended up stepping in to raise him.)
Still, she told everyone that Samuel was her biological son, just to protect his pride.}
Who would have thought that years later, when she had nowhere else to go, my father’s ex–wife would return to find Samuel?
Twisting the truth, she spun lies, claiming it was my mother who had broken up their marriage all along.
